Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology  2001;0(03):-

Analysis of Mental Health Status in Patients with HIV Worried Well

Sihan LU ; Rongxin HU ; Cuifang YANG ; Weidong JIA ; No GUANGZHOU

Keywords

The worried well; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Mental health

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective:To explore the mental health statues of patients with HIV worried well.Methods:①To record the personal data of 72 patients and information they knew about AIDS.②Symptom check-list 90(SCL-90) were assessed to the patients with HIV worried well.③To treat the patients with psychological consultation and treatment mainly,partly with medicines,observe changes during the treatment.Results:Most patients with HIV worried well had middle school culture level(94.4%) ,70(97.2%) patients had or their sex partners had high risk sex,39(54.2%) patients got the information about AIDS from Internet;Symptom of the disease were complex,the main complains were worry of infected HIV and similar symptoms with AIDS;The factor scores of somatization,force,relationship,depression,anxiety,hostility,worry,crankiness and psychosis in 72 patients were significantly higher than those in Chinese norms(P